Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[John_Mc]

You forgot to factor in the visits to the chiropractor

 

[hunt4570]

You forgot to factor in the visits to the chiropractor

Never been to one, but then I'm only 65..

 

[4570Man]

I get how "your" firewood is cheaper than LP, but let's now look at it from the ground up with no freebies.

Required items: Buy raw logs +/- $300 a load, now buy saw +/-$500. now buy splitter +/-$2500. Buy fuel/oils $3.50/gal. get 2 cords of split wood, now wait the year or 2 for it to dry, meanwhile heating your house with LP. Then the following year you have wood ready to go, but now you have to make more, buy another load of raw logs and start over. A few years in you Buy land that has trees, +/-$40k (just to give it a value). oh but wait there's more, now you need a way to get the logs up to the splitter so your need a tractor or a 4-wheeler +/-$4k, it takes at least an hour for 2 people to split a cord with your now 4 year old splitter. Now onto manpower: how much do you like to get paid an hour, even at minimum wage that's another $30/hr tacked on per cord. to increase output you're now buying a processor @ +/- $15k, all so you can have a little wood heat... And none of us would trade it for anything, especially to not see that fuel truck backing in the driveway!!!

Ok this was all in fun and no actual Math was used in the making of this story!!

Most of us aren’t buying logs. Most of us aren’t buying land, tractor and 4 wheelers just to cut firewood either. I do agree if you’re buying logs or buying firewood from someone else a different fuel source is probably better suited for you.

 

[John_Mc]

You forgot to factor in the visits to the chiropractor

Never been to one, but then I'm only 65..

It was a joke... well, partially. I have been to one - I'm regularly stirring up old wrestling injuries. Strangley, it's rarely the heavy lifting that messes me up. For my low back, it's the stupid things like being very careful during a long day of heavy lifting, then messing things up when I bend down to pick up the keys I dropped. The other thing that gets me is stacking firewood: something about lifting up pieces and holding them out. I'm OK as long as I don't stack much above waist high. Beyond that and I risk messing up my upper back.

 

[Loaderman22]

Well lets see... buying logs defeats the purpose, I cut down my own trees! My splitter that I've for about 15 years cost $900 and still works great! and the saw... I think I have 5 of them now, from 20 years old to 1 year old. Yes I own land, I always have.. just part of life, I would live on acreage even if I didn't burn firewood so that doesn't figure in. All my other firewood "tools" have long since paid for themselves many times over.
And I'm curious where in America minimum wage is $30 per hour?????

NY we are at $12.50 minimum, I rounded up and you missed I was talking about 2 people working.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Never been to one, but then I'm only 65..

I went to one once, about 40 years ago. I came out worse than when I went in and haven't considered one since. I've gotten along since by working within my limits, some ibrupropen as required, and lots of good luck.

gg

 

[Loaderman22]

Most of us aren’t buying logs. Most of us aren’t buying land, tractor and 4 wheelers just to cut firewood either. I do agree if you’re buying logs or buying firewood from someone else a different fuel source is probably better suited for you.

buying logs only until you buy the land that has the trees on it.

& yes, most of us would own the land anyway, but you still need the trees and a way to move all this wood around, I doubt you throw every log on your shoulder and walk it to the splitter.

 

[Loaderman22]

I went to one once, about 40 years ago. I came out worse than when I went in and haven't considered one since. I've gotten along since by working within my limits, some ibrupropen as required, and lots of good luck.

gg

I just don't trust someone who didn't finish medical school working on my back!! But ironically, I'd try acupuncture if it hurt that bad.

I also try not to overdo it, I'm just a youngin' yet, but am definitely feeling the affects of a reckless youth, beating my back like it was a red headed stepchild that owed me money.

 

[hunt4570]

I went to one once, about 40 years ago. I came out worse than when I went in and haven't considered one since. I've gotten along since by working within my limits, some ibrupropen as required, and lots of good luck.

gg

Yeah, I go through my fair share of ibuprofen, and sit in the hot tub a lot! It helps..

 

[hunt4570]

It was a joke... well, partially.

I figured as much..